<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Jon,<div><br></div><div>• eats</div><div>• shoots</div><div>• leaves</div><div><br></div><div>or</div><div><br></div><div>eats, shoots & leaves</div><div><br></div><div>or </div><div><br></div><div>eats; shoots; leaves.</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></span></font></div><div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Best regards,</span></font></span></font></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br class=""></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Eric Keezer</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Graphic Designer</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">- - - </font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">MIT Office of Communications</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">600 Memorial Drive,</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">W98-300</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Cambridge, MA</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">02139-4822</font></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">617 32</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>4 </b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>9149</b></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="mailto:ekeezer@mit.edu">ekeezer@mit.edu</a></font></div><div class=""><br></div><div class=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Arial Black'"><b>- 0 ATTACHMENT(S) -</b></font></font></div><div class=""><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br class=""></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></font></div></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></font></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Jon Markowitz Bijur wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>Dear editors,<br><br>My department is having a civil argument about the use of commas in <br>lists for informal writing (ie event listings on a website). Is it:<br><br>eats, shoots, and leaves<br>or<br>eats, shoots and leaves<br><br>?<br><br>_____________________________<br>Jon Markowitz Bijur | MIT Museum Interim Programs Manager | <br>617-253-9607 | <a href="mailto:jbijur@mit.edu">jbijur@mit.edu</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Editors mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Editors@mit.edu">Editors@mit.edu</a><br>http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/editors<br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>